Spencer Haywood vs. Rick Mahorn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rick Mahorn and Spencer Haywood, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 6 less than Rick Mahorn, who played 18. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Rick Mahorn had his rookie season in 1980-81. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83
Rick Mahorn	18	13	1980-81 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1970-71	1980-81
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Rick Mahorn	52	13.4	4.8	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.7	2.6	2.1	4.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1971-72	1981-82
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Rick Mahorn	80	33.3	12.2	1.9	6.9	8.8	1.9	0.7	1.7	2.0	4.4	5.2	10.2	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.9	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	7	34.6	10.6	2.0	6.7	8.7	1.9	1.4	0.7	2.3	4.3	4.6	10.4	.438	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.0	.714


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1972-73	1982-83
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Rick Mahorn	82	36.9	11.0	2.1	7.4	9.5	1.4	1.0	1.8	2.1	4.1	4.6	9.4	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.1	.575

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1973-74	1983-84
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
Rick Mahorn	82	32.9	9.0	2.1	6.9	9.0	1.6	0.8	1.5	1.7	4.4	3.7	7.4	.507	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.651

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	4	38.5	9.5	1.8	9.0	10.8	1.5	0.3	1.5	1.5	4.8	3.8	6.3	.600	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.5	.800


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1974-75	1984-85
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
Rick Mahorn	77	26.9	6.3	1.9	5.9	7.9	1.6	0.8	1.4	1.7	4.0	2.7	5.4	.499	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770
Rick Mahorn	4	10.3	3.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.3	2.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1975-76	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757
Rick Mahorn	80	18.0	4.9	1.5	3.6	5.2	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.4	3.3	2.0	4.3	.455	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	4	15.3	3.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	3.5	1.3	3.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1976-77	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832
Rick Mahorn	63	20.3	6.1	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.2	3.5	2.3	5.1	.447	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	15	32.2	9.7	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.1	4.0	3.9	7.3	.541	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.800


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1977-78	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711
Rick Mahorn	67	29.3	10.7	2.4	6.1	8.4	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.8	3.9	4.1	7.2	.574	0.0	0.0	.500	2.4	3.2	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000
Rick Mahorn	23	17.8	3.3	0.8	3.0	3.9	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.7	2.8	1.3	3.9	.344	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.684


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1978-79	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791
Rick Mahorn	72	24.9	7.3	2.0	4.9	6.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.9	2.8	5.5	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	17	21.2	5.7	1.8	3.4	5.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.6	3.5	2.4	4.1	.580	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.654


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1979-80	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
Rick Mahorn	75	30.3	10.8	2.2	5.3	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.4	3.3	4.2	8.4	.497	0.0	0.1	.222	2.4	3.4	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813
Rick Mahorn	10	34.2	9.4	1.8	5.2	7.0	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.3	4.1	3.7	8.6	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.6	.769

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1981-82	1990-91
Team	Washington Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.4	.842
Rick Mahorn	80	30.5	8.9	1.9	5.9	7.8	1.5	1.0	0.7	1.6	3.5	3.3	7.0	.467	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.0	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743
Rick Mahorn	8	26.0	6.4	0.9	4.4	5.3	1.8	0.3	0.5	1.0	3.1	2.5	4.5	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.786

Note: Rick Mahorn didn't play in 1991-92.


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	1982-83	1992-93
Team	Washington Bullets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.724
Rick Mahorn	74	14.6	3.9	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.1	1.4	2.9	.472	0.0	0.0	.333	1.2	1.5	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	4	15.8	2.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.3	2.3	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	28	8.1	2.1	0.6	1.4	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.7	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	3	6.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	58	10.9	3.4	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.6	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	0.7	0.8	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	50	9.0	2.4	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.4	0.9	2.4	.352	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	22	9.9	2.5	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.5	0.9	2.5	.370	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	2	9.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 17
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	59	12.0	2.4	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.6	2.1	1.0	2.2	.457	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Spencer Haywood	Rick Mahorn
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	16	7.9	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.4	0.3	1.1	.278	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.375

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	5	5.8	1.0	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.2	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500

Spencer Haywood vs. Rick Mahorn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rick Mahorn and Spencer Haywood, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

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Season 7

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Season 18